Lorraine Kelly celebrates 40 years as queen of daytime TV

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The nation's favourite presenter reveals the highlights of her four decades in television.

She's been a fixture on our tellies for 40 years but Lorraine Kelly is getting even better with age and rates 2024 her best year yet.

“Obviously the most magical thing that has happened is the birth of baby Billie who is an absolute angel. I am completely besotted, and I’m so proud of my daughter Rosie and her fiancé Steve White. They are incredible parents and baby Billie is surrounded by love from all their family and friends.” The former journalist, who started out at the East Kilbride News, said: “I have had so many amazing experiences. Interviewing Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon was incredible.

“Our campaigns are very special. Our “Change and Check campaign has saved the lives of more than 100 women and an amazing achievement for everyone on the show, especially our producer Helen Addis who had the idea after going throughLorraine, who was born in the Gorbals and moved to a tenement flat in Glasgow’s Bridgeton when she was two, says breaking into TV with a Glasgow accent was hard in the 1980s and feels it is still difficult today.

Lorraine, who lived in East Kilbride as a teenager and attended Claremont High School, says although advances in technology has changed the industry over the years her job has remained the same. “As a freelance you live from one yearly contract to the next and you never know what the future holds, but I found my niche. Live morning TV suits me and I love it.”

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